Food or nutrition is just one part of the health equation. So are emotions. Nutrition is not the be all and end all to gaining a natural state of health. Neither is emotional poise. Both are important. But part of a much bigger picture. ex. you wont become fit by having great relationships; you won’t cure intellectual laziness by eating sufficient calories. As Doug says, we are as healthy as our weakest link.
But by having enough fuel in the body, our system functions better. We live better, enjoy life more, sleep deeper. This gives us more energy in the end. The more energy we have, the more we can work on our emotional ‘issues’ and strengthening our inner self.
I don’t understand what the intent of this thread was to post this here. Nor do i agree with his reasoning in this instance. Nor do i think he understands the whole concept of ’emotional eating’ at least as it is perhaps understood by others in the natural, life science health movement. Nor do i understand what the feces of male cows have anything to do with it. They ARE real =D
Many deal with their emotions not with just food (as Rozi says). Lots of our emotional issues stem from our infancy and our relationship with our mothers/parents/environment from before we can even remember. There was also a great book written about this in the 70s called “The Continuum Concept” which i suspect has been an influence to what she teaches. It is about the way children are brought up in hunter/gatherer societies compared with the ‘civilized’ world.
What she doesn’t talk about from what i recall is dopamine which is a neurochemical linked with reward seeking behavior. That is what most humans are really addicted to whether it’s through drugs, orgasms, food, shopping, fitness, entertainment or any other ‘stimulation’. Dopamine rushes (peaks in dopamine chemical levels in our bodies) have devastating after effects which leads to many emotional issues. The closer we reach our natural state of health, the more we fall in love with reality in it’s pure blissful glory. Without any extras ‘explosions’ necessary.